China News Service, September 2 According to South American Overseas Chinese News, South-South cooperation, credit support, Sino-US relations...In recent years, more and more "Chinese keywords" have been mentioned in Colombia.

With the changes in the international situation and the emergence of the new crown epidemic, some Colombian media pointed out that China's "sense of presence" in Colombia has increased. There are two main reasons: the change in China's investment model and the promotion of cooperation between the two countries in the fight against the new crown epidemic.

　China's investment model in Latin America has changed

　　According to reports, first of all, China has changed its investment model throughout Latin America, reducing credit to various countries and preferring project cooperation.

As more and more Latin American countries join the "Belt and Road" initiative, China has more and more ways to cooperate. It has reached agreements on large-scale infrastructure projects with many countries, and cooperation with China has become a kind of cooperation in Latin America. trend.

Although it has not yet joined the initiative, Colombia has also reached a multi-field cooperation with China, which can be roughly divided into three categories: large-scale infrastructure project construction, clean energy development and utilization, and electric vehicle sales.

　　According to statistics, in the relevant reports of the Colombian media, the most promising area of ​​China-Colombia cooperation is the development and utilization of clean energy, with a favorable rate of over 90%.

For example, China Trina Solar won the right to implement a clean energy power generation project, which is expected to add 10 solar parks to Colombia; in terms of electric vehicle sales, the Chinese brand BYD has been approved to provide electric buses to many cities in Colombia. It was also selected to form the first 100% electric taxi fleet in Latin America for the capital Bogotá.

　　Cooperation in clean energy development and utilization projects has also benefited from the convergence of interests between China and Colombia in the field of environmental protection.

China is fulfilling its commitments in addressing climate change and sustainable development. Similarly, Colombia has also made a number of emission reduction commitments in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

It is estimated that by 2040, 75% of buses in seven cities in Colombia will be replaced by zero-emission vehicles.

Cooperating in the fight against the new crown epidemic increases the intimacy of China-Colombia relations

　　Cooperation in the fight against the new crown epidemic is also one of the important opportunities for the development of China-Colombia relations.

　　In an era when the global demand for the new crown vaccine is huge, the Coxing vaccine from China effectively guarantees the coverage of the Colombian new crown vaccine.

The capital Bogotá also reached an agreement with China for the production of a new crown vaccine in the later stages of the epidemic. This project will become the second largest cooperation project between Bogotá and China after the Bogotá Metro.

　　In addition to the new crown vaccine, Colombia has also purchased a large number of medical equipment such as ventilators from China.

Cooperation with China has become the key to Colombia's response to the new crown epidemic. President Duque once pointed out that China prioritizes Colombia, which is also an important reason why Colombia can get help from China.

　　At this point, it can be concluded that it is an indisputable fact that China's influence in Colombia is increasing, and the two sides will have new and more diversified cooperation in the next few years.

Although negative views are inevitable, Colombians will gradually become optimistic about China.

Public-private cooperation will also continue to be an important way to advance the partnership between the two countries.